Draft:Battle of Portevent's Mill

Battle of Portevent’s Mill
	Part of the American Revolutionary War
Date	May 16, 1781
Location	Near present-day Garland, North Carolina
Result	Patriot victory
Belligerents
Loyalist militia	Patriot militia
Commanders and leaders
Cap. Middleton Mobley	Col. James Kenan
Strength
100	75
Casualties and losses
12 killed; 4 wounded; 12 captured	3 killed; 3 wounded

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Instructions · What links here · Battle of Portevent's Mill (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 30 days ago by NorthernShore (talk: D · +) · Last edited 29 days ago by Citation bot

The Battle of Portevent’s Mill was fought between Patriot militia and Loyalist militia near present day Garland, North Carolina in Sampson County, on May 16, 1781 during the American War of Independence^[3].

Patriot scouts were combing the area and discovered Loyalist soldiers under the command of Captain Middleton Mobley encamped at Portevent’s Mill grinding corn. They returned to their commander, Colonel James Kenan, and had informed him of their discovery. The Patriots would launch a surprise attack at the Loyalist encampment and after intense fighting the Loyalists would eventually retreat into Black Swamp.^[4]

References[edit]

[1] "Revolutionary War Raids & Skirmishes in 1781".

[2] "List of Revolutionary War Battles, Raids & Skirmishes for 1781 • American Revolutionary War".

[3] "The American Revolution in North Carolina - Portevent's Mill".

[4] "Revolutionary War Raids & Skirmishes in 1781".

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